L4D1 is not quite dead....yet. It's just hardly played with its current community made up of hardcore L4D1 players with hundreds of hours with few new people playing. Most of the people new to the L4D series bought L4D2 so L4D1 isn't going to get a large influx of new players leaving only the hardcore players left to play this game.

i found it fun once I ran across ppl who really enjoyed the gaming experience as I do... far as those who rush thru it. I just leave the game lol. I luv a good zombie shooter game so it never gets boring to me. Also because i dont play it often as others.

2 is an easier game. 1 is more challenging. And people still play this game reagardless of what anyone says. It's just that a large percent of the crowd moved to L4D2 cuz it has the maps from the first game (although poorly done IMO).

We have players on our servers that play L4D1 on a daily basis. We have tons of custom maps installed as well. And we like it better than L4D2.